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Impact of Technology on Medical Practice

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The Technological Imperative in Medicine

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Dr. Spiro: Technology raises a lot of questions. Social utility and cost containment are going to be big issues for doctors in the 1980’s and we should discuss them more seriously and more frequently.

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  1. Totts Gap Institute, Bangor, Pennsylvania, USA

    Stewart Wolf (Director, Vice-President, Professor of Medicine)

  2. Medical Affairs, St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

    Stewart Wolf (Director, Vice-President, Professor of Medicine)

  3. Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Stewart Wolf (Director, Vice-President, Professor of Medicine)

  4. Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    Beatrice Bishop Berle (Former Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Professor)

  5. Clinical Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Beatrice Bishop Berle (Former Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Professor)

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  1. Totts Gap Institute, Bangor, Pennsylvania, USA

    Stewart Wolf (Director, Vice-President, Professor of Medicine) (Director, Vice-President, Professor of Medicine)

  2. Medical Affairs, St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

    Stewart Wolf (Director, Vice-President, Professor of Medicine) (Director, Vice-President, Professor of Medicine)

  3. Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Stewart Wolf (Director, Vice-President, Professor of Medicine) (Director, Vice-President, Professor of Medicine)

  4. Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, USA

    Beatrice Bishop Berle (Former Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Professor) (Former Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Professor)

  5. Clinical Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Beatrice Bishop Berle (Former Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Professor) (Former Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Professor)

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Wolf, S., Berle, B.B. (1981). Impact of Technology on Medical Practice. In: Wolf, S., Berle, B.B. (eds) The Technological Imperative in Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4118-5_2

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